3 PAGES OF COMMUNITY DIARY FOR BANGOR & ANGLESEY:

ST BEUNO’S CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sundays Morning Prayer service at 10am. 2nd & 4th Sundays Eucharist service at 10am. 5th Sunday Service Eucharist service to be held at Aberffraw Memorial Hall at 10am. ABERFFRAW VILLAGE HALL: New Event. Yoga for Beginners with Claire Mace. On Thursdays. Come join us to improve your health and well being and to have fun. Starts at 7.30pm. The service will finish at approx 8.30pm with free refreshments and healing shortly later. Admission £2 to include refreshments and towards the church funds’. Phone 01407 840531. BANGOR CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH: Established in 1947 and affiliated to the Greater World Spiritual Centre, London. Services at 7pm every Thurs at the Quaker Meeting House, Dean St with free refreshments after the Divine Service. No admission fee, only a free-will collection taken during the Service. There is a different guest speaker every week. Everyone is most welcome to attend. BANGOR & MENAI BAHA’IS: The Baha’i Community of Bangor and Menai invite you to join in activities here. The Baha’i Faith is a world religion whose purpose is to unite all mankind in one universal cause, one common faith. Contact bangorbahais@ gmail.com or 07577 777392. HIRAEL CLUB: Cash bingo every Tues. Doors open at 1.30pm for a start at 2pm. Come along and enjoy the friendly atmosphere and light refreshments. GUIDING: Rainbow, Brownie and Guide units. Contact Pat Gadd on 01248 601868. ARMY CADETS: Parade every Tuesday at the Drill hall, Glynne Road from 7pm. If you are over 12 then come along. Call 01248 600363 for details. GLASINFRYN COMMUNITY CENTRE: Tai Chi Qigong class every Tuesday 6.307.30pm. Gentle energising exercises suitable for all. Beginners welcome. First class free. Jill Turner 01248 351672 YOGA: Mondays 10–11.30am, Garth Rd Community Centre, (road to Bangor pier, left up hill at red post box) Call Katie 07717 661717. BANGOR COMMUNITY CHURCH: Meet every Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm at Coed Mawr Community Centre, (behind Mcdonalds). ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Pentecostal church. Prince’s Rd, (off College Rd) Upper Bangor. Meeting every Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm. Warm welcome to all. BUDDHISM: Weekly meditation classes at Coleg Menai, Friddoedd Rd, on Tuesdays from 7-8.15pm. The sessions give an introduction to meditation and also explore some of Buddha’s practical teachings, both of which can help to reduce stress and increase happiness. For details phone 01492 878778 or see website meditatenorthwales.com. QIGONG CLASS: Monday 6.30-7.30pm, Coed Mawr Community Centre, (Behind McDonald’s Caernarfon Rd). Qigong (pronounced Chi Kung) is an ancient Chinese health care system that integrates physical postures, breathing techniques and focused intention. Contact Jeff Cushing 01248 352336 cymrutaichiwales. co.uk £5 TAI CHI & QIGONG: Monday 7.30-9pm, Coed Mawr Community Centre. Admission £5. Tai Chi combines deep breathing and relaxation with slow, gentle movements. Contact Jeff Cushing 01248 352336 cymrutaichiwales.co.uk £6, (£5 concessions). BALLROOM AND LATIN AMERICAN DANCE CLASSES: At Canolfan Penrhosgarnedd. Tuesdays. Improvers Class 7.15-8pm. Advanced Class 8-8.45pm Practice Dance/Social Night 1st Tuesday of every month 7.15-9.15. Sunday Evenings, Beginners Class 7-8pm. Private Lessons, Wedding Dance Tuition and Party Bookings by arrangement. IDTA Member and Qualified Teacher. DBS certificate Holder. Contact Kerstina for further details 07920446976. UNDODIAID BANGOR UNITARIANS: Meet on 3rd Sunday of every month at Talgai Hall, behind Llandygai Church at 11am. All are welcome to this small, friendly group to explore spiritual questions, without dogma, and support each other to live a more compassionate life in community with others across North Wales. For details phone 01248 490543 or explore the website www.ukunitarians. org.uk/bangor. WIDOWERS AND WIDOWS: Social group covering Anglesey, Bangor, Caernarfon and Llyn, set up for widowed people to enjoy life again in the company of other widowed people who understand. As a guide it suggests people aged 50-70 will get the most from membership as the group aims to be active, out and about. It meets regularly in Bangor and Caernarfon and also meet up weekly for walks, and go to opera, ballet, gigs, cinema, a meal, pub quiz and weekends away. If you are an internet user go to Meetup.com and then enter ‘Anglesey and Gwynedd widows and widowers’ and apply to join. Or call Dilwyn on 07570479499 or 01248601599 or email: dilwyn198@gmail.com. This is not a dating group. PILATES: Pilates Classes at the Garth Community Centre. Run by Angie Masterson, who has been teaching many forms of exercise for over 35 years. Contact Angie Masterson 01407 831 348 or 07740 902 125 or Les Day on 01248 355180 for further details. ZUMBA DANCE-FITNESS: Weds & Thurs 6.30-7.30pm, Academi, Deiniol Rd. Salsa Tues 8.30pm. Swing Jive Weds 8.15pm. Burlesque Tues 7.30pm. Helen 07751017157 ROYAL VOLUNTARY SERVICE: is looking for new volunteers to join the team and help with its Community Transport, Good Neighbours and Positive Steps services in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon. If you have a few spare hours a week and would like to make a difference in someone’s life, the RVS would like to hear from you. Contact Gwenda Hughes on 01248 661915 or Gwenda.hughes@royalvoluntaryservice. org.uk BANGOR U3A: Meet 10.30am Thursday mornings in Capel Berea Newydd, Bangor (between Ffordd Penrhos & St David’s Retail Park). For people who are retired from work or parenting. Develop interests and activities with others and share in organising them. New members welcome. Come early after 9.30am for a chat and stay for the event.Further information from www bangoru3a.org.uk and www u3a.org. uk. Meetings are suspended over school vacations. CONCERT: On Friday, July 13 at 7.30pm, at Theatr Bryn Terfel, Pontio, Bangor, there will be an SSAFA centenary concert of remembrance, witht eh Band of the Welsh Guards, and the RAF Valley Military Wives Choir. Tickets £16, £14 for under-18s, from Pontio on 01248 382828, or www.pontio. co.uk. RVS CELEBRATIONS: at Y Gorlan. Fundraising afternoon cuppa and cake at Y Gorlan, High Street, Bangor, Thursday, July 12 2pm – 4pm. Free admission and donations welcome. There will be a cuppa, homemade cakes, raffle and tombola on the day so a warm welcome to all to join us on the day. Need further information, please contact RVS on 01248 661915. LIBRARY: Tel 01248 353479. Monday, Story time July 16, 10.30-11.30am. Tuesday: Family games (board games for all ages), July 17, 3.30-6pm. Get On-line (one to one support, prior booking required), July 17, 2-4pm. Wednesday: Calm colouring (relaxing activity for adults), July 11, 18, 24, 10am-11.30am). Thursday: Breastfeeding Support Group, July 19, 10am-noon. Family History Club, July 26, 1.30-3.30. Fun and Stories, Creaduriaid y Mor, July 26, 11am-noon. Friday: Make Friends with a Book (adult reading group): July 13, 20, 27, 10.45am-12.45pm. All events are free unless stated otherwise. FNF: The next meeting of FNF-Both Parents Matter -Bangor will take place at the ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism, 37 College Road on Wednesday, July 18 at 6pm. The meetings are well attended and you can be sure of a genuine welcome, emotional support, and free legal advice if you are experiencing difficulty seeing your children or grandchildren. For aconfidential meeting contact Frank Bradfield on 01492 874 395